Trend price : 300€
Rackmount version from the B series evoution from previous model A with less polyphony and 1 less digital oscillator at lower budget price.
Overview
(weight: 2.5 kg) main panel features a 16 x 2 lines display, 5 knobs, 16 leds and 12 buttons.
terminal connectors:
- audio inputs
- 2 main outs + 2 AUX
- Midi interface
Sound
physical-modeling DSP core generates 16 digital voices at 24 Bit resolution and converters at 18 . The Virus synthesis is a mix of virtual analog modeling and short PCM waveforms, these are the so-called Harmonic Spectral Waveshapes.
A voice is composed by 2 digital oscillators + 1 sub + 1 noise source:
OSC 1: sine / triangle or 1 out 64 spectral wavetable
OSC 2: sine / triangle or 1 out 64 spectral wavetable
SUB: square / triangle
Performance
system handles 16 parts with individual settings:
- velocity assigned to FM, pan, osc shape and width
- variable portamento time
- 4 monophonic playmodes with voice stack
- key zone, transpose and detune
Envelope
- EG1 AMP: 4 segments + 1 time
- EG2 filter: 4 segments + 1 time
Filter
2 filters (-12 dB each) can be combined in 2 serial, 1 parallel or directly to independent mode. Both filters feature 4 different models: lowpass, highpass, bandpass and bandstop
LFO
LFO1: sin / tri /saw / sqr / S&H / sample & glide
LFO2: same as LFO1
LFO3: same as LFO1
Main destinations are: pitch / width / resonance / filter gain
Effects
34 effects split in 4 categories:
- master : delay and reverb
- chorus
- analogue boost
- 32 bands-vocoder
Midi
- full Control Change implementation
- Matrix control
Arpeggiator
each part features an arpeggiator with latch, gate, swing , octave range and 6 modes/directions: up, down, up/down, random, "as played" and "chords"
Memory
- 256 patch rom (first OS)
- 256 patch ram
(first OS)
- 1024 in updated version (factory songs are deleted)
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: sound / cheap
NOT : interface / lacks some B features
"Something between A and B, with less features but THE classic VIRUS sound. People sell it for peanuts: if you don't mind for the limited interface, go for it!"
